Many love cowberry for an astringent extraordinary flavor. People knew about its useful properties in ancient times. From numerous chronicles it is known that in Russia in the people used not only berries of cowberry, but also its leaves.
Cowberry, as well as cranberry, belongs to family of heather bushes. Besides, this plant is considered evergreen. For cowberry northern latitudes are considered as native places, but now she can be met everywhere. Similar incredibly wide circulation is explained by the fact that berry breeds only thanks to animals and also birds. The fact is that even in the course of digestion the seeds are never damaged therefore sprout in any area.
Useful and health giving qualities
Cowberry, as well as the majority of berries, includes just improbable amount of useful vitamins. In it there is a lot of vitamin C and also there is a beta carotene. Many appreciate cowberry high content of mineral substances which are required normal for any person for maintenance of health. Iron, copper, phosphorus and also manganese and even calcium – not the full list of elements which are in these amazing berries with unique sour taste.
Also it is possible to find a large amount of so-called tannic and even pectinaceous substances in its structure. There are in these berries and acids, generally lemon, salicylic, even benzoic. And house recipes for cowberry are quite simple.
Advantage of cowberry for an organism
As the most important property of cowberry it is possible to consider its surprising ability not only to strengthen, but also even to update vascular walls. Berry perfectly copes with decrease in blood pressure, cholesterol level at its use also sharply falls. For certain for this reason cowberry was considered salutary berry, it increases life expectancy. Gradually at constant consumption of cowberry the hypertension and even ordinary atherosclerosis recovers. And tasty juice by all means will be pleasant to your children.
Most of modern inhabitants don't consider these diseases life-threatening. Some just drink every day tablets and live further. But not all it is aware that the small fragility of vessels causing problems can lead in the future also to violation of their integrity. And it can be considered actually direct road to a stroke. Addition in a diet of a small amount of berries of cowberry will be much simpler and safer. It is possible to use usual cowberry juice also.
In addition, in these berries there is at enough salicylic acid, and natural origin, it is rather quickly capable to improve a condition of blood. Therefore gradually pass even serious blood clots. And because of them just improbable number of people perishes every day. And it is quite difficult to make something in this situation.
Cowberry against infections
Cowberry well copes not only with protection of vessels. She is also capable to have local antimicrobial, antibacterial effect. Juice if to use it constantly, destroys colibacillus, causative agents of pyelonephritis, kokkovy infections.
Cowberry juice effectively copes with microbes and various fungi which often lead to appearance of various skin diseases. People used cowberry already in the ancient time to treat purulent wounds, deprive, other skin diseases. But without observation of the doctor you shouldn't apply cowberry to treatment of serious diseases. It can be used only as an additional component.
The fact is that now nobody kept the present classical recipe of medicine therefore it isn't recommended to experiment independently. You can ask the necessary option of use only the expert.
Cowberry for pregnant women
Since ancient times future mothers surely added a small amount of these berries to food. The fact is that they contain a large amount of iron. Cowberry perfectly copes with a problem of pressure decrease, seriously strengthens walls of vessels. Berries improve work of nervous system and immunity, comprises a significant amount of vitamins, helps at hypostases which often arise at pregnancy. During pregnancy the cowberry leaves can't be used at all on early terms as the substances which are contained in them bring a uterus into a considerable tone. For this reason there can be an abortion.
Berries in the sphere of beauty
Creams and also masks, conditioners and even lotions – all this can be prepared on the basis of cowberry juice. And in it there is nothing surprising at all. The increased content of vitamin A allows not only to rejuvenate, but also to saturate skin. It is rather simple to prepare similar products. The constant use of favors - a light way to lose weight. This cunning is popular among many girls.
How to keep its useful properties?
Cowberry, as well as other useful berries, isn't capable to keep throughout a long time properties, especially at serious temperature processing. For this reason compote and also jam and other sweeties from cowberry won't bring special benefit. It is better to dry up it, to freeze, simply to wet in water.
This simple product is also considered the fine decision for diabetics. But you shouldn't be overzealous with use of this berry in the menu. Especially, if you have a tendency to manifestation of allergic reactions.